Alpha: The current stage of WAR.
Double Secret Beta: At Summer 2006 with paied testers and Mythic partners.
Beta1: At Fall 2006, with less than a hundred of old friends.
Beta1.7: Early 2007, with recommended community testers.
Beta2: Early Spring of 2007, Still under NDA, with prize winners, DAoC players, guilds and media members.
Beta3: Summer 2007, Under NDA, with around 10000 randomly choosen people from newsletter subscribers.
Final Beta: Summer 2007, NDA free, with people who pre-ordered the game and media contest winners.
(There will be no Open Beta where everyone with internet connection can download the client.)